Playing Catch Up

Brady got a new backpack for Easter. He LOVES it. 

It has been a very long time since I have blogged so I thought I'd try to catch up a little bit. Since December we have been very busy. We stayed in Fort McMurray and had a quiet Christmas at home with just the 3 of us. We spent the next few months trying to enjoy the very long winter that we had here.

Cody went to school in March for 8 very long weeks and successfully completed his 2nd year Parts Apprentice. Brady and I missed having him around and were very happy when he was finally finished and able to come home for good! We are so proud of him and his hard work that he put in while he was there. He has 6 weeks left of school which he will be doing in January and then he is done! We can't wait!

This is the best way to eat cheese

While Cody was away Brady was running in the house and tripped into the corner of the wall. He split his forehead open and had to have 3 stitches put in to bring it back together. He was a really good boy in emergency and hardly cried during the whole thing. He now has a pretty nasty scar.

Not too long after Brady cut his head open, I got word that my Grandma had passed away. It was Cody's last week of school and the funeral was held the Monday right before his big final exam so Brady and I had to make the long trip home and back without him. It actually went really well and we are grateful to Em and Tyler who decided to hitch a ride with us from Edmonton and back, which really helped make it seem not so horrible. Brady did really well on the drive both ways. The DVD player stopped working about 3 hours into the trip home and I was really worried it was going to be such an awful drive but he played happily and slept and just looked out the window while we drove. I was pleasantly surprised!

Grandma Scott and Brady

My Grandma was a pretty amazing lady and I was really sad to hear she had passed. But I was also excited for her to be able to be reunited with her husband and family that has passed before her many years ago. She is such a strong influence in my life and in many others as well, and showed true faith and courage in all aspects of her life. She will be greatly missed.

About 2 days after we got back Cody came home from school for good, just in time for us to move, again. We moved into a nice little basement suite and we love it! Brady can run and jump and bang his toys and we don't have to worry about him being too loud. We were in a main floor suite before and were constantly telling him to be quiet so we wouldn't bother the owners downstairs. This home we are in now was the answer to our prayers and we are so very grateful we found it! Once we knew we had to move we found this apartment and moved in all of 2 weeks so it was very quick and busy and stressful. I don't recommend moving that quickly at 31 weeks pregnant with a 2 year old while both you and your husband work full time. It just was not a fun time. But everything got done and we are much happier where we are now!